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Phenomenological study of midwifery and leadership
Systematic review of studies of maternity care expertise
Midwives views of midwifery expertise; a focus group study
Comensus project: action research evaluation
Marginalised women and access to antenatal care in high-income countries: a qualitative systematic review
A hero’s tale of childbirth: An interpretive phenomenological study of traumatic and positive childbirth
Exploring midwives views of midwifery in a hospital environment: a systematic review and metasynthesis
Meta-analysis of studies of free-standing midwife led units
Funded: PhD bursary and infrastructure.
Cochrane review of home like places of birth
E Hodnett, D Walsh, N Edwards.
Funded: infrastructure.
Ethnography of Egyptian women’s intrapartum experiences
A El-Nemer, N Small.
Funded: infrastructure.
Systematic review of umbilical cord management prior to the birth of the fetal shoulders
C Melvin, the NW clinical midwifery research network.
Funded: infrastructure (UCLan and Blackburn Queens Park Hospital). Paper published.
Regional survey of midwives practices in relation to umbilical cord management
C Melvin, the NW clinical midwifery research network.
Funded: infrastructure (UCLan and ELHNHST).
Systematic review of management of dry skin in the term neonate
L Walker, the NW clinical midwifery research network.
Funded: infrastructure (UCLan and Blackpool Hospitals NHS Trust). Paper published.
Randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of maternal positioning in the passive second stage of labour amid nulliparous women using epidural analgesia
M Renfew, D Gerrett.
Funded: Iolanthe Trust PhD bursary. Paper published.
Assessment of midwifery management of the early urge to push (1)
Trent Midwifery Research Group, Young C and Hall-Moran.
Funded: Derby City Hospitals NHS Trust. Book chapter published.
Pushing prior to full dilation: Current prevalence
Trent Midwifery Research Group, Young C and Hall-Moran.
Funded: Derby City Hospitals NHS Trust. Book chapter published.
South Asian women and postnatal depression: systematic review of tools to assess postnatal depression in UK based South Asian women
Butler E, Hinder S.
Funded: Blackburn with Darwen PCT. Paper published.
Meta-synthesis of studies of free-standing midwife led units
Funded: PhD bursary and infrastructure.
South Asian women and postnatal depression: Metasynthesis of studies of UK based S Asian women’s views and experiences of postnatal depression
S Hinder.
Funded: infrastructure.
South Asian women and postnatal depression: Interview study of S Asian women with PND living in the NW of England
S Hinder, L Walmsley.
Funded: Blackburn with Darwen PCT.
Comensus project: action research evaluation (phase two)
M McKeowen, L Kolocheck, L Shoja, Comensus project groups.
Funded: UCLan School of Nursing.
Feasibility study for case-matched study of caseholding midwifery
Fleming A.
Funded: infrastructure.